Havoc was spreading all over the halls. Fire alarms were going off, kids were screaming, and guns were being shot. Aislyn was scared for her life. She ran back into class, locked the door and hid herself in the closet, hoping she will make it out alive.
All she could think of was Hayden and all her friends safety. Then she heard it. Someone screamed in the hall after a gun shot. And she knew exactly who that scream belonged too.
"Laurie!" she screamed as she ran out of the closet.
"Aislyn! Stay in here! You don't want to get killed do you!" Mr. McCabe said from underneath his desk. Aislyn knew her sister was shot. She knew more than anything in the world she wanted to be by her side. Even if that means Aislyn would get shot herself.
Aislyn looked out the class window and saw that there was no one in the hallway except for bodies. She ran out and ran directly to Laurie.
"Laurie! I'm here! It's me, Ais. I'm here. Laurie?" With tears in her eyes, Aislyn knew why her sister wasn't responding. And it broke her heart. Aislyn knew her sister was dead.
She looked down the hallway. Side by side, she saw her 2 best friends Lauren and Emma. Both with gunshot wounds to the head. They were both dead too.
The room was spinning round and round. Getting faster. Aislyn tried to get up and walk away but it's no use. She makes it halfway down the hallway then passes out right on the floor.
3 Hours later
"Where… Where am I?" Aislyn asked as she woke up. She looked around. She was lying on an uncomfortable bed with wires and an IV hooked up to her. She heard unfamiliar voices talking to her right and say unfamiliar faces to her left.
She tried sitting up but a hand stopped her. "Stay lying down until the doctor is back with your CT scan. Okay sweetie?" Said the lady who Aislyn assumed was a nurse. "My name is Brooklyn. I'm going to be your day nurse for the time you are here. If your head hurts or you want a snack or something, press this button here and I will be in this room in a matter of seconds." Brooklyn said then walked out the door.
Aislyn lied there and wondered what's going to happen. More importantly, what is going to happen to her. She didn't know what a CT scan was. She wondered where her mom was. She looked around the room she was in. She looked beside her and saw a curtain separating her from probably another student. She wondered who it may be. She hoped it was Hayden.
Thinking about Hayden brought tears to her eyes. She didn't know if he was ok or not. She was worried. She already knew Laurie Emma and Lauren were all dead.
She couldn't think about this anymore. At least she didn't want to.
There was a knock on the door. A man with a file walked into the room. "Well good morning Ms. Cormier. Nice to see you up!" the Doctor said. "I'm Dr. Hall."
"Aislyn." Aislyn said. "Call me Aislyn."
"Alright. I have the results to your CT scan here. Everything seems to be normal. Do you have any headaches or anything?"
"No. I feel fine. Where is Hayden?" Aislyn said with a sense of panic to her voice.
"Who?" Dr. Hall said. He seemed to now know who Hayden was. This broke her heart. Maybe he didn't make it here. Maybe he…
"Never mind." Aislyn said. "Is my mom here?"
"We called her. She is on her way." Dr. Hall said. "I'm going back to my office. If you need anything from me, or need to talk about anything that happened today, just ask Brooklyn and she will contact me."
The moment he left, Aislyn broke down into tears. All she wanted to do was to crawl in her bed. Forget this day ever happened.
She closed her eyes to try to take a nap. But then she sees it. Playing over and over in her head.
She screams as she is jolted awake from the nightmare she was beginning to have. Nurses ran into her room to see what was wrong. Make sure she was ok. But she couldn't describe the true pain she was in. They would never understand.
She finds her cell phone on the table beside her. There was a small crack on the screen. Probably fell out of her pocket when she passed out.
She searches through her contacts and finds Hayden's name. She clicked it and started to compose a text message to him. It said: Hey Hayden. Are you ok? I'm at the Norwood Hospital for Sick Children. Please call me when you get this. I hope you're ok. I love you. Aislyn hoped and prayed that she would get the phone call from Hayden. But something deep inside her told her she never would.
